If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Re: new Ducktales series

And in all fairness, 30 years ago, they were right. Donald would have absolutely overshadowed the rest of the cast. Arguably, after DuckTales and three decades of no real new content from Donald, Scrooge is almost certainly on an even playing field this time around.

But hey, as a benefit they created Launchpad to fill in the role Donald had in the comics, so that's a win all around.

They're being inspired by both the Barks and Rosa comics (and the old show obviously)... I would just kill for an adaptation of the Life and Times of Scrooge, but... that's a super massive heavy thick collection of stories, they wouldn't be able to do it justice without dedicating a full 5 parter to it and even then it would come up short, so...

Re: new Ducktales series

^
Presuming this become successful, which I assume it will be, and without a clear set deadline like Gravity Falls...then that is wholly possible. Heck, they might even chug out a movie or so based on how big this gets where that narrative might be adapted. I'm mostly curious with how close they will stick with the comics and introduce some villians we might have missed out on. *Cough*Rockerduck *cough* as well as stick with some ones that were predominantly shown on TV like Ma Beagle.

Re: new Ducktales series

Re: new Ducktales series

I suppose they could also always do flashbacks and we get his life piecemeal over the course of 100 episodes, but that would exclude the modern cast and not be as fun or cohesive as just a solid chunk dedicated to doing it right.

Re: Ducktales- new series! Woohoo!

Re: Ducktales- new series! Woohoo!

It does look pretty promising now that more of the designs are showcased.

Just hope I can get over that "Quack Pack" vibe this reboot seems to have given the triplets or that they grow out of it a bit later in the series, otherwise I will just want them to die anytime they are in danger.

Re: Ducktales- new series! Woohoo!

Of course Gladstone is in it. He was in the Barks comics, and even if he wasn't, he was a main in the old show, they're not going to ditch him. Magica De Spell will no doubt be in it too, and Gyro and basically all the rest.

Re: Ducktales- new series! Woohoo!

Flintheart Glomgold isn't going to be quite as prominent in this version if they're bothering to make another rich guy to use rather than just having it always be Glomgold, which is for the best really. Barks only used Flintheart a handful of times and that's what made him so memorable.